Review of Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016) by Brandon W — 22 May 2016
Not being an Efron or Rogen fan, I thought the original "Neighbors" was surprisingly tame, so I was more satisfied with "Sorority Rising"'s harder candy shell games coupled with its gooey-er heart center.
Pete and Darren's engagement poker game serenade is just the darlingest thing ever, and the escrow lesson is actually quite enlightening. The Kappa Nu sisters are a dope-smoking, Take Back the Night (For Partying!) brand of millennial feminist, and they mean business when they challenge their university's ruling that sororities essentially have to be prim and proper ladies.
There are of course some dumb moments, like all the girls being distracted by Teddy's Magic Mike striptease, which was not nearly choreographed or cinematographed hotly enough, and the "everyone be yourself" message at the end is easy in an #AllLivesMatter kind of way, ergo easier said than done, but on the whole, this sequel is a daring romp through neo-college crackademics.
This review of Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016) was written by Brandon W on 22 May 2016.
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising has generally received mixed reviews.
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